Drama 11: September 2015

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

September 23, 28, 30

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Year 11,

Each of you needs to give and receive feedback. Let's organize peer feedback groups to facilitate this process.

When giving feedback, you may want to consider:

Focus
-The actor was able to stay in character the entire time he / she was on stage.
-The actor was not distracted from being his / her character at any time.

Voice
-The actor spoke clearly, articulated his / her words and projected his / her voice.
-The actor made sure that his / her voice had appropriate expression in it and that it was not flat and monotone.

Character Appropriate Actions
-The actor moved in a way that was appropriate for his / her character’s age, gender, environment and situation.
-The actor developed and demonstrated appropriate mannerisms for this character.

Space
-The actor used the space on stage in a way that was creative and character appropriate.
-The actor made sure that his / her actions on stage were performed out to the audience and they were seeing what he / she intended them to see.

Preparedness and Memorization
-The actor was very familiar with his / her script and was able to present it without any noticeable hesitations.

Sunday, September 20, 2015

September 21

Good Afternoon Year 11.

1. Method Acting warm-up: (concentration and will help you learn to use your senses to create imaginary objects and experiences on stage)

2. Monologue example

3. Practice your monologue.

4. Write a refection at the end of class. (What did you learn today? How did it affect you? How will you use this information? etc.)

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

September 16

1. What do you want to accomplish this term? How will you achieve your goal? Be specific. Write this in your process journal.

2.What is method acting?

3. Complete Stanislavski worksheet.

4. Journal: Write a refection at the end of class. (What did you learn today? How did it affect you? How will you use this information? etc. Remember to include the Criterion;)

Sunday, September 13, 2015

September 14

Year 11, today's lesson:

1. Many of you did not do your homework. . .
Everyone except Saalem and Diogo, please come to the Drama room at 1:30 today.

Period 6

2. Stanislavsky worksheet - Due September 16

Period7

3. Acting with a purpose

What is a monologue?

According to the Encyclopedia Britannica,

"monologue, in literature and drama, an extended speech by one person. The term has several closely related meanings. A dramatic monologue is any speech of some duration addressed by a character to a second person. A soliloquy is a type of monologue in which a character directly addresses an audience or speaks his thoughts aloud while alone or while the other actors keep silent. In fictional literature, an interior monologue is a type of monologue that exhibits the thoughts, feelings, and associations passing through a character’s mind."

4. Choose a 1 minute monologue (http://www.actorama.com/, http://www.stageagent.com/Shows/Monologues/, http://www.monologuearchive.com/ or a similar site) and prepare to deliver it.

5. Character development - who are you?

Work through the "Character Worksheet" page to help you decide.

6. Write a refection at the end of each class. (What did you learn today? How did it affect you? How will you use this information? etc.)

Homework:
Finish Stanislavsky worksheet. Due September 16.

Wednesday, September 9, 2015

September 9

1. Warm-up exercise - voice and physical warm-up exercise (Criterion B)

2. Research - Criterion A, strand i, ii

3. Process Journal - let's go digital!
    Using Google Docs, open a document entitled "Drama Process Journal". Please share it with me so I can review it and provide feedback periodically.

4. Process Journal entries - include the Criterion (look at the page entitled "Criteria Defined")
     September 7
     September 9

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